Chaput, Laura P.

February 16, 2005

CHAPUT, Laura P.

Laura (Poitras) Chaput, 93, of Newington entered peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, (February 15, 2005). She was the beloved wife for over 60 years of the late Eugene Chaput. Laura was born in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada on April 28, 1911 to Henry and Memory (Gaudreau) Poitras. She worked at the Royal Typewriter Company in Hartford and for many years served in the Newington Public School Cafeteria system. She could often been seen traveling from school to school in her cherished 1965 Mustang Hardtop. A resident of Newington since 1952, she was a communicant of St. Mary's Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend and always had a kind word and a smile. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was an avid painter and proudly displayed her work. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Joan Chaput, of Glastonbury; her two grandsons, Michael Chaput, of East Hartford, David Chaput, of Glastonbury; her sister-in-law, Emily Poitras, of Newington; several nieces and a nephew, Shirley Poitras, of Newington, Dennis Poitras, of Newington, Doris Forcucci, of East Granby, Lucille Sevigny, of Enfield, Yvonne Fitzsimmonds, of Stroudsburg, PA and Maryann Notar, of Humble, TX. She was predeceased by her three brothers, James, Al, and Walter Poitras, and her sister, Ida Pellerin. The family will always be grateful to the staff at Hartford Hospital's Jefferson House in Newington for the love, kindness and care they have provided over the last six years. Her funeral services will be held Friday, 9:15 a.m. from the Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave., Newington, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church. Interment will be in St. Ann's Cemetery, Avon. Relatives and friends are invited to call Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Newington Memorial. To share a memory with the family, please visit us online at www.